<p>Wow! Some stories even worse than mine.</p>
<p>I had a Saturday audition to Penn State’s music education program on saxophone (which was my top choice), which was about a year and a half ago now. The Wednesday before that, we were playing volleyball in gym class. I jumped to set the ball and it was a bit higher than I judged it. It hit my left pointer finger and yanked it backwards. It was huge and swollen for the rest of the week, to the point where we were considering rescheduling my audition. But at less than 5 days before auditions, I wasn’t sure if this was possible. Finger beginning to heal, I went ahead. If anyone here has ever played saxophone, you use that finger a lot. I got through it, even though it was a tad painful, and was accepted! </p>
<p>Except now I’m in the journalism program and looking to pick up a second bachelor’s degree in MT, possibly at a different college, after finishing this one.</p>